Reaching Potentials

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Reaching Potentials, Inc.

Beginning Discrete Trial Training

(Presenter: Passaretti, M.Ed.)

Class: Beginning Discrete Trial Training

Date: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Reaching Potentials, Inc.

1602 St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

For Reservations - Ph: 540-972-5481

Fee: $150.00 per person

(includes textbook A Work in Progress)

This two- day workshop is appropriate for parents, para-professionals and

professionals who are interested in learning the basics of Discrete Trial

Training and the application of Applied Behavior Analysis in early

intervention programs for children with Autism

Seating is Limited - Advanced Registration Required !!

For more information, call 540-972-5481 or fax 540-972-1370.

Mail registration & payment to:

Reaching Potentials, Inc., PO Box 1004, Fredericksburg, VA 22402

Space is limited and registrations will be on a first come-first served

basis.

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(Detach this portion, complete and mail with registration fee)

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Name Area Code/Telephone: Parent or

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Street Address Age of your child or the

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Directions

FROM SOUTH (RICHMOND)

I-95 north, to exit #130A - Fredericksburg/ Rt 3 East. Continue East on

Route 3 for approximately 1 mile (approx 6 traffic lights). Just before last

light you will see a 4 story brick office building on right; our building is

small one-story dwelling with green awning which is located just behind that

office building. At traffic light, turn right onto Greenbrier and take first

right onto access road (Armory). This access road will wind around and dead

end into the parking lot of our building.

FROM NORTH (WASHINGTON)

I-95 south, to exit #130A - Fredericksburg/ Rt 3 East. Continue East on

Route 3 for approximately 1 mile (approx 6 traffic lights). Just before last

light you will see a 4 story brick office building on right; our building is

small one-story dwelling with green awning which is located just behind that

office building. At traffic light, turn right onto Greenbrier and take first

right onto access road. This access road will wind around and dead end into

the parking lot of our building.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

CHRISTINE PASSARETTI, M.Ed., CBA/e/fl

Program Supervisor

Passaretti earned her Masters of Education Degree in Early

Childhood Special Education and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Child

Development and Psychology, both from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.

Ms. Passaretti is a Florida Certified Behavior Analyst.

Before joining the staff of Reaching Potentials in August 2001, Ms.

Passaretti was affiliated with Above and Beyond Children's Center in

Nashville, Tennessee where she served as the clinical director for a

center-based program that provided ABA services for young children with

autism.

In addition to her center-based work, Ms. Passaretti spent six years working

with children with autism in home-based programs that utilized the

methodology pioneered by Dr. Ivar Lovaas. Throughout this time, she received

monthly training in ABA techniques and programming through the New Jersey

Institute of Early Intervention, a Lovaas research replication site.

PAMELA HALL GORSKI, BS, CABA/fl

Executive Director

Pamela Hall Gorski is a founding director of Reaching Potentials, Inc., where

she currently serves as the organization's Executive Director. Reaching

Potentials is a private, non-profit 501 ©(3) corporation providing early

intervention services to children with autism and their families.

Ms. Gorski completed her undergraduate studies in Business Management and is

currently completing graduate studies in Public Administration with a

concentration in Non-Profit Management. In addition to her Non-Profit

Management studies, Ms. Gorski completed additional academic coursework and

supervised field experience in Applied Behavior Analysis and is a Florida

Certified Associate Behavior Analyst.

Ms. Gorski and her husband have five children; their only son was diagnosed

with autism at the age of three years. The story of their journey was

chronicled in the September, 2000 issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine,

entitled " The Miracle of JP " .

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